Before starting to embroider, I wind the thread onto cardboard bobbins to make it easier to access.
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Bobbins
Synonyms for "bobbins" (5 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
3 entriescoil formlace making toolspooling device
More specific
8 entriescotton bobbininductor bobbinlacemaker bobbinmetal bobbinmotor bobbinplastic bobbintransformer bobbinwooden bobbin
Collocations
6 entriesbobbins casebobbins storagebobbins windingmetal bobbinsplastic bobbinswooden bobbins
Derivations
2 entriesbobbin lacebobbinet
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
His work in the factory was to carry bobbins around to the operatives as fast as they wanted them, and hence he was called "The Bobbin Boy."
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Don't take this the wrong way, my friend, but I've never heard such complete and utter bobbins in all my life.
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